Chapter 86 Heading for the Bernabeu
Lei Yi's eyesight is very good, and he can see the shop windows on both sides of the road very clearly as he rides his bike forward. When Long Legs saw a casual sports store with a lot of vintage-style fish in the window, he slammed the brakes and ran inside......
About half an hour later, Long and Short Legs appeared downstairs at Enzo's house on his bicycle.
Seeing that the lights were already on in the small single-family building where Enzo lived, Ben wanted to make a phone call to confirm that the other party was not at home now, Lei Yi rode his bicycle all the way to the fence of the small building, and he scooped out small oranges from his backpack. Looking at the little orange, looking at the lighted window of Enzo's house, a very obvious smile appeared on the face of the long and short legs.
He tossed the orange twice in his hand, then took a step back and jerked it to his feet, kicking the uncaught orange into the second-floor window as far as he could see.
Ray Wing's skills are excellent, and of course this excellence can't just be in his dribbling skills.
No player who has grown up on South American soil can only play a round object like a football.
And to say something that may seem arrogant, many players need to play football to play, maybe long and short legs can be done with just an orange.
He didn't want to be a nasty guy who kicked the glass window of his captain and friend's house, so when he kicked the orange at Enzo's window, he used some tricks to make it fly up the second floor with enough force without hitting the glass window with too much force.
Just like that, when he got home, Enzo, who was back in his bedroom, heard the sound of something hitting his glass window. When he heard the noise, Enzo's first reaction was that a naughty ghost was making trouble, and he wanted to scare and scare the initiator, so he saw the long and short legs standing downstairs in his house.
With the help of the streetlights, Enzo could even see that the other party was smiling at him.
I don't know why, Enzo, who has been living alone since he was promoted from the academy to the professional team, feels in a good mood when he sees this scene, and he wants to smile back with the other party.
When he opened the gate, the long legs of the figure, illuminated by the street lamp in the night, said to Enzo, "Enzo! I've come to see you with a gift! I'm not mad at you! You don't have to hide from me anymore! ”
Hearing this, Enzo was stunned, time froze for a moment at that moment, and then when the speed of time passed again, Enzo said with a smile: "Is it? That would be great. I'm not hiding from you, though. ”
Seeing the other party beckoning him to enter the door, Long and Short Legs hurriedly puffed up and complained: "But you obviously didn't go to eat Thai food with us today!" That restaurant is great! The dishes inside are delicious! It's a shame you can't be angry! ”
Until he heard this, Enzo really couldn't hold back his laughter, "I've already told you, I'm not hiding from you, you're thinking too much." I didn't go to dinner with you today because I went to spend the weekend with my father. A rare opportunity, isn't it? ”
Enzo's answer made the whole person change the state of the long and short legs instantly, and the long and short legs quickly turned his head and asked, "Three days before the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup?" ”
As he spoke, Long Short Legs seemed to think more at once, and there was a very obvious worry in his eyes, and he was suddenly worried that this club teammate and captain of his club had already had some kind of extremely unfortunate thing in a place he had not seen! At a glance, you can see from Lei Yi's expression and even his eyes what this guy might be thinking, Enzo helplessly beckoned the other party upstairs, and said with a smile:
"Let's take a look at the gift you gave me."
As he spoke, Enzo set his gaze on the long black bag that Long and Short Legs were carrying. So Lei Yi was also very happy and immediately scooped out the retro-type fish donkey he was carrying. On the second floor of Enzo's house, there is a well-lit curved area, with glass windows covering almost half of the wall. Enzo laid a sturdy wooden board that could be used as a sofa seat, and then laid a lot of comfortable cushions on it, and the lively flowers and plants were placed on the windowsill and the shelves on the side, which looked particularly lively.
Thunder Wing scooped out the retro-shaped fish bowl and sat down with Enzo on the cushioned sofa seat, showing Enzo the gift he had given him.
Lei Yi: "It's been a long time since I've seen this kind of retro-type fish!" Nowadays, there are a lot of mechanical devices on the mainstream fish fish, and it seems that it is easier to catch fish than the previous ones, but there is no fun of fishing at all! ”
Enzo: "So? Do you want me to go with you to experience the true joy of fishing? ”
Thunder Wing: "Yes! I bought two handles! One of us! Let's find a day off to go fishing together! I'm a little bit worse fishing than playing football! ”
Hearing this, Enzo was helpless again, "So? Do you want us to fish together in Madrid? ”
Madrid!!
Madrid in the middle of Spain!!
There is neither sea nor river around!!
Lei Yi instantly felt a kind of embarrassment, he lowered his head and thought about it, and then asked, "That...... Looking for a place with a river in the vicinity of Madrid? River...... Don't be too small......"
Enzo exhaled and said, "Okay, I'll try to find a place not too far away for fishing." ”
When Enzo said this, a smile appeared on the face of the long and short legs. So Enzo thought of something and asked, "You came here on a bicycle?" I just ...... Seems to have seen your bike. ”
Lei Yi nodded hurriedly and gave an affirmative answer. So Enzo said, "You're an adult, so you can take a little time to get your driver's license." ”
"Don't! It's too much trouble, it's too much trouble! I had to spend a lot of time learning to drive and pass a written test...... Then I have to buy a car in Spain! After buying a car, there are a lot of procedures!! In the future, if I have to change to another city to play football, it will be even more troublesome!! Also, Madrid isn't huge! I'm just riding a bike! ”
As he spoke, the light bulb on Lei Yi's head lit up and suddenly remembered his brave adventure when he was 16 years old!! This tells Enzo about the story of running away from home with his friends, hiding from the police and the whole process of camera surveillance, riding a bicycle for almost a week, riding from his hometown to the capital to find the head coach of the national team to recommend himself!!
These were obviously things that Enzo had not known and had never thought of before. He listened to Lei Yi's departure from his parents not allowing him to play football, and even trying to threaten him with force, to his running away from home in a fit of anger, and then to the righteous support of his friends, and then he followed his long and short legs to start an adventure that only a person could have when he was still very young......
Whenever Enzo heard something funny, he burst out laughing out loud.
This man who has a soft spot for the number 14 jersey seems gentle and polite on the surface, and it is easy to feel tempted to trust him. But in fact, he has extreme rebellion in his bones.
Although he had hidden them well, he knew that they had always been there.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that this little guy who just looked a little uncomfortable would actually have such a rebellious behavior. It was so kind to him, and it was damn cute.
Enzo: "So you didn't even think about the consequences when you set off with your friends?" What if your national team manager doesn't think you're good enough? ”
Lei Yi: "Do you think about the future when you do everything?" That's so boring! ”
Enzo: "Isn't that interesting? I think that's not bad, I've been rebellious sometimes, but even if I've been rebellious, it's been well thought out. ”
Enzo and Lei Yi, who said that, glanced at each other, and what came out of Lei Yi's eyes was a thick disbelief, and Enzo just kept that serious expression for a while, and then couldn't hold back a laugh at first.
Enzo said: "Well, that's probably why you're playing as a winger and I'm playing as a midfielder. ”
Hearing this explanation, Lei Yi actually instantly believed what Enzo said before, and he even thought out his rebellious actions!! Then he laughed and said frankly to Enzo, "Well, I don't want to learn to drive because I don't want to buy a car." I...... Want to save money. Save a lot of money! ”
Enzo: "Save money? ”
Thunder Wing: "Yes! I want to give each of my friends who are running away from home with me and riding with me to Beijing a heavy motorcycle like the one you ride! The first time I saw you riding that motorcycle, I thought it was so handsome! My friends are going to love it!! But even if I were to be in the top five scorers in La Liga this season, I would only be able to scoop up a special prize of 500,000 euros, which is not enough to buy ten of the latest Harley-Davidson bikes. But my usual salary is handed over to my mother, and if she knew that I was going to buy ten Harley-Davidson motorcycles to give away, she would definitely not agree! So I can only save secretly by myself! That way, by the time I had saved enough money to buy them a motorcycle, they would all be eighteen years old! It's time to ride a motorcycle! When the time comes, everyone will ride that kind of motorcycle on the street together, and it will definitely be handsome and crazy!! ”
Listening to Lei Yi talk about his desire to save money, the smile on Enzo's face never disappeared, and when Long and Short Legs finished talking to him, Enzo rubbed his head and said, "That's a really good idea, Little Ball King." ”
Hearing Enzo's name as his "little ball king", his long and short legs were embarrassed again. But before he could think of the words of the accusation, Enzo had already stood up and said, "Let's go, it's not too early, I'll send you back." ”
Lei Yi wanted to say no, he rode back quickly, and heard Enzo continue: "Since you like my motorcycle so much, then I'll take you back on a motorcycle." ”
Lei Yi's heart suddenly became happy, and before he could say "yes", he remembered the question of how his bicycle should be good......
Thunder Wing: "So, what about my bike?" ”
Enzo: "What do you think of me driving to your house tomorrow morning when I take a detour to your house and deliver it over?" ”
As he spoke, Enzo motioned to Long and Short Legs to hurry up and go downstairs with him, the time was really not early. That is, when the two of them walked downstairs one after the other, and were about to open the door of this small building, they heard at least dozens of people coming from them...... The sound of the Real Madrid anthem being sung.
It seemed like dozens of people, maybe hundreds, of them, who were about to pass by the door of Enzo's house, or they were going to sing and dance there to celebrate Real Madrid's league victory today.
The Real Madrid fans seem to have drunk a lot of wine, sang the team anthem, and shouted Real Madrid's cheering slogans from time to time.
“alamadrid!”
“ala…… madrid!! ”
“alaalamadrid!”
After the team sang and shouted the slogan, this group of Real Madrid fans shouted this sentence drunkenly. Hearing this, Enzo and Thunder Wing both stopped opening the door and going out, and after a moment of silence in the house, Enzo turned his head and said to Thunder Wing very calmly:
"It's so late, let's not go out."
The long and short legs nodded very strictly, so the two of them went back upstairs in silence, and then burst out laughing in tacit understanding.
It seems that for the sake of life, Long and Short Legs will have to stay at Enzo's house tonight.
There are three days to go, and they are three days away in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup against their old rivals Real Madrid.
It was not a wise choice to face the die-hard fans of Real Madrid on this sensitive day late at night.
However, it would be a good idea to hear from the captain of his own club about the style of play of a new team that he is not yet familiar with and the exciting battles he has had in previous seasons.
In 2039,
September 1.
It's the first day of September and the first Thursday of September. At half past seven in the evening, the 23-man squad of Atletico Madrid for the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup was assembled in their training base. The group of players changed into the same Atletico training uniform in the dressing room, and when the 23 players in the Atletico training uniform stood together, they looked so handsome.
It seems that the temperament of the players who belong to the world's top leagues makes it easy to ignore whether they are not so handsome or pleasing to the eye. By the time they're ready to fight to the death against another team, they're eye-catching enough.
"Are you all ready?"
Enzo's gaze swept to the dressing room in Atletico's training base, and then the corners of his mouth curled up and asked such a question. And the answer to him is, of course, the affirmative answer of this group of Atletico Madrid players. So Enzo said even louder:
"So, head to the Bernabeu!!"
The Atletico Madrid players travelled by bus from Atletico's training base to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid's home stadium in the same city.
To get from Atletico's training base to the Bernabeu Stadium, just north of Madrid, you have to cross half or even most of Madrid. Along the way, you can see a lot of Madrid's cityscape. And today, the whole city of Buddha has undergone a careful decoration in order to welcome this meaningful competition.
When Lei Yi looked out the window of the bus, he found that the streets were lined with advertisements for the race. Each street lamp made of copper is hung with an electronic screen in the effect of a curtain of bunting. The soft-touch electronic screens, which are made into curtains, are frozen on the promotional posters of the local derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
The buses drove all the way to the Bernabeu Stadium, and the posters for the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup hanging from the street lights on both sides of the road accompanied them all the way to the Bernabeu as if there was no end in sight.
By the time Atletico Madrid set off from their training base to the Santiago Bernabéu, the city's largest stadium was already in full swing, with the media entering through special lanes, stadium staff preparing for the nearly 80,000 fans to arrive, and the Madrid police already under martial law, riot police armed with shields and batons at several major intersections leading to the Bernabéu Stadium.
It is very rare for riot police to be present before the start of the game.
Normally, the police in charge of security will only show up towards the end of the game.
But obviously, today will be an exception.
Madrid police had been informed by Real Madrid a few days before the start of the match that all tickets for the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup had been sold out, which meant that there must still be many fans who did not have tickets. Such fans are likely to stay outside the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium as soon as the game starts, using their portable TV receivers to experience the game with other fans in the closest place to the game.
It is precisely because of this that the Madrid police decided to deploy a large number of police forces in advance to maintain law and order at the scene.
The previous afternoon, the two teams had already held a press conference about the match, and their 23-man squad had been announced to the media and fans. However, it will take a while to find out what the starting line-ups will be and what starting formations will be used for this game.
But it doesn't matter, various media have already given speculation about the possible starting line-ups of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in this game. And most of the media believe that the new signings of both teams who had excellent performances in the first leg of the contest will be moved from the bench to the starting line-up.
While it is not excluded that some managers prefer to put their favourite Wonder Man on the pitch at the end of the game, most of the media unanimously believe that the managers of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will not let the two strikers who were so good and played a decisive role in the last game only come on at the end of the game.
4:45 a.m. Beijing time. In September, it's just before dawn.
It was also 9:50 p.m. European time, and the night had just begun.
The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is a huge luminous body, and it has become the brightest and most dazzling place in the whole city of Madrid tonight, and it has attracted too many fans to come closer to it.
With 20 minutes to go, TV crews from around the world have begun to point their cameras at the fans in the stadium to start building momentum for their respective teams before the game begins.
Obviously, live TV ...... It has already begun.
"Fans and friends! Fans and friends! This is Eurosport!! I'm right outside the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain, Real Madrid's home stadium!! My colleague is already in the commentary room at the Santiago Bernabeu for the live media!! As you may have been able to tell in our Spanish Super Cup Madrid tracking report in the past few days, there are many fans who have come from all over Spain to complain that they can't buy tickets for this game! Since many people have complained to the club about not being able to buy tickets through the official website of Real Madrid! Therefore, Real Madrid has made quite human considerations!! In addition to adding 3,000 temporary standing spaces on the field, they also set up temporary viewing spots at four locations outside the Bernabéu Stadium!! And I'm in one of the four temporary viewing spots right now!! There are many fans gathered under this huge HD screen!! ”
Twenty minutes before the start of the game, both teams have completed all the steps before the game, such as checking the field and warming up. In addition, the club staff of both teams also handed over the starting lists given by their head coaches to the club presidents and television broadcasters who were present.
Yes, the presidents of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are here at the Bernabeu today, and it is clear that this match will be of great importance to both sides. And the broadcast team of the football game at the Bernabeu Stadium certainly found these two big names and gave them both a shot.
The two club presidents were shown on television as they shook hands in a seemingly friendly manner, and then took their seats in the VIP seats.
Fans who come to the Santiago Bernabeu, both on and off the pitch, have already started to put on a big pre-match campaign for the team they support. At this moment, the owners of the Bernabeu Stadium are not only welcoming the great team that is about to play, they are showing the fans around the world how strong they really are and showing the home power of a big team.
That terrifying sound can even penetrate the pitch and be heard by the players who are making their final preparations in the dressing room......
As early as the day before yesterday, Real Madrid's manager told Xavier that he was likely to be in the starting line-up for this game. And yesterday, the boss made it clear that Javier would be in the starting line-up for the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup.
This almost flattered Javier.
You know, every player who comes to a new team doesn't just get on the pitch and play.
He'll need to get some ground with his new team-mates and get to know the attacking and defensive systems of the new team, as well as the manager's tactical thinking.
He won't be able to make his debut until the manager thinks he's fit in the new group.
Although modern football is very efficient and more demanding of individual players, this run-in period is bound to take a few weeks.
In other words, being able to make his debut in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup and have Xavier play against his old boss in such an important game has actually proved that Xavier has earned a certain trust from the Real Madrid manager.
And only a week later, in the second leg of the Super Cup, at the Bernabeu, the home of Real Madrid! Javier has been waiting for this chance to start again! It was Javier's first start since his move to Real Madrid!! One can imagine how surging and complicated his feelings will be in his heart.
In fact, he was nervous. Very nervous.
It was a completely different tension from when he made his debut at his former club, Atletico Madrid's home stadium La Pennetta.
Will his watch satisfy the die-hard fans of the new team enough?
How would it be for the fans to see him make his first appearance and start at the Santiago Bernabeu?
Javier, who had been taking a cold shower in the bathroom for a long time, laughed at his apprehension. When he calmed down, he realized that he didn't seem to have enough time to take care of his hair. He wiped his hair vigorously with the bath towel that the club had prepared for them, dried his body and put on his underwear, and then continued to dry his hair with the towel as hard as he could, and then walked into the locker room.
Many Real Madrid players had already entered the dressing room before him, and when they saw him come out of the bathroom, the people who had been sitting or standing there chatting abruptly paused. It's a sign that the Spanish golden boy, who has only been on his move to Real Madrid for a few weeks, hasn't been able to fully integrate here, but Javier doesn't care, smiling at his new team-mates and giving him a polite smile in return.
Two Dutchmen from the Real Madrid squad approached him and offered him words of encouragement.
"Today's start, congratulations."
Perhaps multilingualism is a common feature of many small but economically well-to-do countries, Dutch is difficult to learn, and the Netherlands is very small. Because Dutch is different from most European languages and has its own system, it is difficult for the Dutch to hope that people from other countries will learn their language.
Therefore, they go to learn the language of other countries.
Most Dutch people speak English and Spanish very well.
At this time, it was Hendrikus, one of the Dutch double stars in the Real Madrid team, who said this to Javier. In the first leg of the Super Cup, it was Xavier who provided the assist to him and allowed him to get a great chance to score. Therefore, at this moment, this blessing of Hendricus seems very sincere.
As a Dutchman, Hendricus is very tall, and as Ray Yi had thought when he saw him, he looked somewhere between a German and a Nordic player. The Dutch striker has sleek short, golden-brown hair, his eyes are modest and judging by his height and size, he should be one of those people with a small face. He doesn't talk a lot on weekdays, and he doesn't have any flesh on his cheeks, so he doesn't have a baby-faced look, and his eyes are very sharp when he looks straight ahead. But when you see him standing in front of you, you can always feel the simplicity, sunshine, and straightforwardness in him.
After his national team team-mate expressed his best wishes to the new club team-mate, Klaas, another Dutch star in the Real Madrid squad, shook Javier's hand and said: "Congratulations. ”
Compared to Hendricus, Klaas was slightly shorter and less athletic, looking more like an upper-class man, with pure black hair and eyes closer to gray. He seems well-bred and friendly enough, but not very welcoming to people.
This is not surprising, after all, Xavier arrived at Real Madrid at the beginning of the new season, and has not gotten along with his teammates much, while Klaas has only played for one season at Real Madrid, and the two have played against each other in the same city derby very few times, let alone the depth of their friendship.
Some of the Spaniards in the Real Madrid squad were much more enthusiastic and open than the two Dutchmen, and they said they were a little uncomfortable to see him in the white shirt at La Pennetta last time out. However, I am more used to it now.
After saying that, everyone went their separate ways, either re-tying the laces on their sneakers or adjusting the knee pads in their stockings to a more comfortable position. But Real Madrid's captain Lanzarote sat next to Javier, which made Javier realize that the other party might have something to say to him alone, so he walked to the water cooler with the other party, and then he heard Lanzarote say to himself:
'To be honest, before the end of last season, I was surprised to hear that you might have moved to Real Madrid this summer. Even though I know we need your type, this level of player, and I know that the club management has always been interested in you, but there are a lot of things that you know are going to come sooner or later, and when it does, you're going to be surprised by it. ”
Javier smiled at Lanzarote, and the Real Madrid captain smiled at him as well, and continued: "Actually, I used to admire you. Although you are from Atletico Madrid, you are also trained in the academy of Atletico Madrid. To be honest, you were a lot of trouble for us when you were at Atletico, but that's why I appreciate you more and am happy to know that you will be my new team-mate. Real Madrid need a Castilian player like you. ”